Rand Beers

is President of the National Security Network, a non-profit communications strategy group focusing on national security issues. He previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs from 1998-2002 and as a member of the White House National Security Council Staff under Presidents Reagan, Clinton, and both Bushes from 1988-1998 and 2002-2003. Beers served as the national security advisor to presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004, and has previously served as a government official in the U.S. Marine Corps, the Foreign Service and the Civil Service.